Help a Premiere XL4 owner pick service: Comcast vs. Fios

Have recently moved to the east coast from California. In Cali, I ran 2 TIVO Premiere XL4s each with a single comcast M-card and of course with integrated Xfinity On Demand.

I usually despise Comcast and have had a lot of billing issues with them re: Cablecards over the years, but the service was very good overall. No pairing issues like so many others.

So here's my question for the community - is it worth switching to Fios - which has much better customer service and better internet speeds - in my new home (it is already wired for Fios) and giving up integrated On Demand OR should I stick with Comcast - which is known to have its issues.

I know it's a subjective question and depends on my use of On Demand - but I figure with Apple TV I have HBO on-demand covered so I will only be missing On Demand Kids shows and Howard Stern. I dont want to have to get a second Fios HD box at each TV

I'd go for the FIOS. Even my wife, who is not that picky about picture quality, noticed the FIOS picture was better. The internet is extremely fast and, for me, it has been very solid.

If you really need the cable company on demand you could rent one of their basic set top boxes, install a cable splitter and run the set top box output to another input on your TV. Best of both worlds.

What put me over the hump on picking Fios are these comments and the fact that Comcast claims they lost my Cablecards that I returned to their Sunnyvale office last week. I have a receipt and the business card of the store clerk at Comcast but my account still shows the equipment outstanding + they claim I have a cable modem of theirs (have used my own every minute of the past 7 yrs).

Why is this a question? FIOS is WAY better than Comcast. Non re-compressed HD's says it all. Oh yeah, and faster internet. I'd love to have FIOS, although it's not enough to make me move another 15 minutes away to RI where they have it lol. Comcast is good for cable, but it's NOTHING compared to FIOS. You could always get one box for VOD on the main TV...

Why is this a question? FIOS is WAY better than Comcast. Non re-compressed HD's says it all. Oh yeah, and faster internet. I'd love to have FIOS, although it's not enough to make me move another 15 minutes away to RI where they have it lol. Comcast is good for cable, but it's NOTHING compared to FIOS. You could always get one box for VOD on the main TV...

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Comcast does not compress picture in all markets and competes very well against them in most markets

FIOS is same as cable. Some saying the pic is better is their opinion.

I had FIOS for 1 1/2 yrs and now I have Time Warner which I really like especially for their "tv app everywhere" that I get my full tv line up on all my tablets and on Roku.

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I know it depends on the area, but in mine there is an obvious difference. Anytime there is a fast pan, fast movement, or bright flash, the Comcast picture will break up like crazy. Of course you still have some issues with the FiOS picture, but nothing like what happens on Comcast around here. When the video is over compressed you get more blocking artifacts. And when my 75+ year old mom can even notice the difference, it is very obvious.

Have recently moved to the east coast from California. In Cali, I ran 2 TIVO Premiere XL4s each with a single comcast M-card and of course with integrated Xfinity On Demand.

I usually despise Comcast and have had a lot of billing issues with them re: Cablecards over the years, but the service was very good overall. No pairing issues like so many others.

So here's my question for the community - is it worth switching to Fios - which has much better customer service and better internet speeds - in my new home (it is already wired for Fios) and giving up integrated On Demand OR should I stick with Comcast - which is known to have its issues.

I know it's a subjective question and depends on my use of On Demand - but I figure with Apple TV I have HBO on-demand covered so I will only be missing On Demand Kids shows and Howard Stern. I dont want to have to get a second Fios HD box at each TV

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Ok. I have Comcast and have the video on demand service on my two TiVo's. If you can get a better price for television and internet with FiOS and you don't care about the video on demand service from FiOS, then go for it since your place is already wired up. Just remember that you won't be able to use any of the interactive channels, and you'll have to call in to order any pay per view programming instead of from the box. I'm running a full MoCA network in the same manner a Verizon FiOS household is set up, including their Revision I Actiontec FiOS MoCA enabled router, and my Premiere 4 with it's built in MoCA works fine with it, as well as my Premiere with it's MoCA adapter. As you know Verizon uses MoCA for their set top boxes to communicate and download the electronic guide (just like the Premiere 4 does).